Memoirs of a Philippine Scout
Cavalryman
By Captain Felipe A. Fernandez (US Army, Ret.)
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Memoirs of a Philippine Scout
Cavalryman
"Our Strength is in Loyalty" - 26th Cavalry PS motto
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Table of Contents My Recruit Instruction 6 Graduated From Recruit Training 7 Garrison Life of a Soldier 10 I Became a Regular Troop Clerk 12 Promoted to Corporal 14 Japan Declared War Against the United States 15 Marching North to Meet the Japanese 17 Face to Face With the Enemy 20 My Mount Mike 30 I Became a Platoon Sergeant by Default 34 Battle at Binalonan 35 The Battle of Tayug 37 The Trek to Bataan 41 Finally We Are in Bataan 43 Tuol Pocket 45 Transferred to Troop B 26th Cavalry 47 The Last Stand at Corregidor 50 The Dreadful War Prisoners' Camp 54 My Life During the Japanese Occupation 59 The Liberation 1945 67 Returned to Military Control 69 Photos 74 Troop E Roster 79 Troop F Roster 80 Commentaries 81 Quotations 85
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